Do Not Believe Those Who Tell You Poem by Francis Duggan

Do not believe those who tell you that crime does not pay
Major criminals among the wealthiest people in the World of today
Some known billionaires into crime in a big way
Money speaks every language as the wise one does say
And money to buy favors seldom known to fail
It has kept wealthy criminals from spending time in jail
The people with heaps of money have power on their side
That in human life it is most important cannot be denied
Few things in life worse than being financially down
Not many wish to know of the poor of the town
It is hard for one to be happy under financial duress
In many people a lack of money a reason for stress
And sad to think that some very wealthy people are patrons of crime
Yet in prison they never do spend any time.